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8/29/2008 hoefer: Looking for Forums
Perhaps this would go under "Publishing" -I'm not sure...  Anywhoo... I was wondering if some one out there could direct me to other forums that talk about Indy Games, especially…
In Connections
Participants: hoefer, Lazy Wombat, Wolfen, M. J. Young, greyorm, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, First Oni, Bomb Cat.

8/29/2008 Matterhorn: [The Story Tree] Broken Link Fixed
I guess the irony of not being able to post working links to my work on a Forum supporting indie publishers was too much for the Gods of Fate to…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Matterhorn.

8/29/2008 rpghost: Seeking celebrity authors & columnists
Greetings, I'm writing you because RPG Host Network is opening a new pen and paper focused mega-social site. Not just another social site but one that is well designed, feature…
In Connections
Participants: rpghost.

8/28/2008 JC: [A flower for Mara] A question about Grief
hi :) I've just read through A flower for Mara, and I don't see the link between the Grief the players choose and their Flower Soliloquys on the one hand,…
In Dark Omen Games
Participants: JC, GreatWolf.

8/28/2008 WildElf: [DunDraCon] Advice on starting up a Games on Demand
So, there's a big annual RPG convention in the bay area, DunraCon, that I want a greater indie game presence at. The main hurdle to running games is that they…
In Conventions
Participants: WildElf, Willow.

8/28/2008 chronoplasm: Townsfolk Professions: What woud you want to do?
So I've decided that I want the professions for Townsfolk to be kind of over the top. Mineral Runner = Merchant (bring resources and goods to other towns to do…
In First Thoughts
Participants: chronoplasm, Eero Tuovinen, dindenver, Abkajud, blackflowers18.

8/28/2008 simonjberger: The Solar System in My Hand
So I'm finally holding a copy of the Solar System in my hand, and I just registered to give some general praise about it. Very fine work, sir! My group…
In Arkenstone Publishing
Participants: simonjberger, Eero Tuovinen, oliof, Corvus69.

8/28/2008 Ron Edwards: [Rustbelt] Opium, haunted memories, hatred in the dark, and killing your friend
Hello, Jari Tuovinen stayed with me for a few days after GenCon, and we tried out a number of games at a superficial level, carrying out the setup rules in…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, Krippler, Valamir, ( o Y o ), davidberg.

8/28/2008 Necromagvs: Suralyom Game Systems prereleases the Rulebook 1 version today
[b]Suralyom Game Systems[/b] prereleases the Rulebook 1 version today. SGS does not pretend to re-invent the RPGs or games in general, to the contrary we research for a whole year…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Necromagvs.

8/28/2008 signoftheserpent: Night's Dark Heroes
I am currently working on a pulp horror superhero rpg called Night's Dark Heroes (I preferred Midnight Men but it's being used by another comic). To that end http://nightsdarkheroes.blogspot.com/ is…
In First Thoughts
Participants: signoftheserpent, chance.thirteen, davidberg, Vulpinoid.

8/28/2008 Arturo G.: [PtA] How are the narrative authorities working in this scene?
Ron was commenting here: Re: Players wanting their PCs to fail? , that he offered some people to post a scene in Actual Play to talk about the different…
In Actual Play
Participants: Arturo G., Ron Edwards, Artanis, Eliarhiman6, Matt Wilson.

8/28/2008 Matterhorn: [Story Tree: Lednik] First Thoughts.
Story Tree: Lednik is my first game using the Story Tree game system. http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgwmw5z8_1cxbc7pdr It is fairly raw  and is more like a design document at the moment. If you…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Matterhorn.

8/28/2008 Aise: [Black Cadillacs] - Blood and Mettle
Hey I was reading my copy of the Steel Toed Edition of Black Cadillacs and came across a little snag. Since I am starting a full campaign of Black Cadillacs,…
In Playtesting
Participants: Aise, Darcy Burgess.

8/28/2008 ejh: GM Prep for a Game of Trollbabe
Somebody confirm that I understand this correctly: you as a GM do not prep for games of trollbabe, cause you don't even know where they're going to happen before they…
In Adept Press
Participants: ejh, jburneko, Ron Edwards.

8/27/2008 Vulpinoid: What to do on a CAPITAL ship?
[quote author=Susan Calvin link=topic=26552.msg254308#msg254308 date=1219871707] First, which kind of ship is it? A huge capital ship with whole companies crammed inside, a small research vessel or the typical NPC small…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Vulpinoid, Susan Calvin, chronoplasm, contracycle, David Artman, Landon Winkler, opsneakie, walruz, MoonHunter.

8/27/2008 Susan Calvin: Cyberspace?
I've been working on a convention scenario (standard 4-5 hour time slot, 5 players) which will take place roughly 75% in cyberspace. The PC:s are five subsystems (infiltration, maintenance, counter-intrusion…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Susan Calvin, JoyWriter, walruz.

8/27/2008 Darcy Burgess: [Black Cadillacs] - Three Games at GenCon
Hi, Black Cadillacs saw play three times at GenCon.  Two of the games were scheduled through the IGE (quick shout-out to Mike Holmes: thanks for making this happen!)  Sandwiched between…
In Playtesting
Participants: Darcy Burgess, jasonm.

8/27/2008 anonynos: [DITV] Negative traits and how to use them
So after looking at this game  for awhile, I picked up a copy at this last Origins and last night got a couple of friends together and tried out char…
In lumpley games
Participants: anonynos, David Artman, dindenver, lumpley, LordAsteroth, Axhead, Paul T.

8/27/2008 malladin_ben: Can this work as a roleplaying game?
I am currently reading R Scott Bakker's The Darkness That Comes Before, when I was struck by a neat idea for a CCG system. Given the production impracticalities of small…
In First Thoughts
Participants: malladin_ben, Eero Tuovinen, Selene Tan, Vulpinoid.

8/27/2008 Ron Edwards: NPCs in Rustbelt play
Hi Marshall, Jari Tuovinen and I are playing Rustbelt in a kind of quick-and-dirty way, beginning a scenario and skipping through to a later time. It's just me and him,…
In Beyond the Wire Productions
Participants: Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns.

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8/29/2008 pippo_jedi: [pta] Primetime Exalted for "newbies"
Hello, I'm a longtime rpg player, like my game group, but we always played white wolf's game, D&D and that sort of games. some were better than others, but never…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: pippo_jedi, Matt, Matt Wilson.

8/29/2008 jessejesse: New Illustration...
I just added a new illustration to my website (link below)... let me know what you think.... Also if anyone is looking for an artist, I'm available for hire. Cheers,…
In Connections
Participants: jessejesse.

8/29/2008 Guy Srinivasan: Investigation subsystem for Burning Wheel using Zendo
The following is a story about how I began thinking about an investigation subsystem for Burning Wheel. My goal is to create something that my group would enjoy, so lack…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Guy Srinivasan, Susan Calvin, Vulpinoid.

8/30/2008 Ron Edwards: [The Fisherman's Wife] Everything you can possibly imagine
On the final night of GenCon, I showed up a little late to the Embassy Suites and play opportunities were thin. I could have hopped into some games but they…
In Playtesting
Participants: Ron Edwards, Parthenia.

8/30/2008 BlissAuthority: Generational Bliss Stage?
"Today is the 15th anniversary of our first victory.  Today is the day my mother died protecting us.  The day that Keenan died with "If I don't make it, know…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: BlissAuthority, Ben Lehman.

8/31/2008 travisfarber: [Ganakagok] The ending of a civilization
This past Wednesday we did a run through on a game of Ganakagok.  I wanted to roughly get 4 hours of play out of it so we planned for a…
In Playtesting
Participants: travisfarber, Bill_White.

8/31/2008 jmhpfan: Gunslingers in the Dark Tower
I will be running a hack on Dogs at MACE con set in the universe of Stephen Kings Dark Tower series.  It is mostly a strait setting hack with the…
In lumpley games
Participants: jmhpfan, rycanada, lumpley.

9/1/2008 Andrew Smith: [Go Play Brisbane] - September 20, 2008
After the rousing success of the Indie Games Explosion at Gencon Oz 2008, the outcry for more opportunities to play indie games has been heard.  Thus, the inaugural Go Play…
In Conventions
Participants: Andrew Smith.

9/1/2008 Graham Walmsley: Games on Demand
I wondered if anyone had thoughts about how Games On Demand worked this year? I have thoughts myself, but I'm in a motel with limited Internet access, so I'll add…
In Conventions
Participants: Graham Walmsley, Gregor Hutton, Ron Edwards, Darcy Burgess, jasonm, ejh, Wolfen.

9/1/2008 Khuxan: IAWA Oracles as Campaign Settings
It occured to me that an IAWA game could create a campaign setting by having each player contribute a suite for an oracle. As long as basic rules (genre, tone,…
In lumpley games
Participants: Khuxan, lumpley, David Artman, rycanada.

9/1/2008 hoefer: Invitation to play Century's Edge
Hello Forgites! I wanted to invite all interested parties to download the quick play demo of my game, Century's Edge.  It is an adventure/RPG game set in the late Victorian…
In Connections
Participants: hoefer.

9/1/2008 lumpley: New Poison'd PDFs
Hey Poison'd people, the first edition PDFs are now online. Go back and download them afresh. There's also a nice Poison'd character sheet here that you can use. -Vincent
In lumpley games
Participants: lumpley, Yokiboy, higgins.

9/1/2008 Jumanji83: [WGP] Planning a one-shot
How long should I expect character creation to take? It's my first time playing, and the other players don't know the rules yet.
In Incarnadine Press
Participants: Jumanji83, Michael S. Miller.

9/1/2008 Christopher Kubasik: So, I'm Flying a Spaceship...
My group finished up it's game of Sorcerer: The Brotherhood a while back.  We had a blast and I'm now kicking around in my head for another game. I'm planning…
In Adept Press
Participants: Christopher Kubasik, Ron Edwards, Finarvyn, Artanis, pfischer.

9/2/2008 segedy: FlatCon 2008 Seeking Sponsors
I met a couple of nice gentlemen at Gen Con who asked me to pass along some information to the Forge community about <a href="http://www.flatcon.com/default.shtml">FlatCon</a>, a small local con taking…
In Conventions
Participants: segedy, GreatWolf.

9/2/2008 Psiweapon: First thoughts, First post, F3!
*waves* :D Hello there, first post. This is the Power 19 (thanks troy!) of a game I've been developing (alone at first, then with some friends) for two and a…
In First Thoughts
Participants: Psiweapon, whiteknife, chronoplasm.

9/2/2008 opsneakie: [Night and Day] Some thoughts about alignment and changing the world.
So, I've been working on Night and Day on and off when I get the chance, and I think I have most of the mechanics ironed out. Things are resolved…
In First Thoughts
Participants: opsneakie, whiteknife, Vulpinoid, Abkajud.

9/2/2008 Paul Czege: [The Rustbelt] Gen Con playtest feedback and questions
Hey Marshall, On the Thursday evening of Gen Con at The Embassy Suites I ran a playtest of The Rustbelt from your demo scenario, with Lance Allen, Tim Jensen, Kevin…
In Playtesting
Participants: Paul Czege, Wolfen, Ron Edwards, Marshall Burns, Krippler.

9/2/2008 macmoyer: [Sorcerer] A weaker opponent gives me fewer rollover dice?
I just picked up Sorcerer, and I'm reading it through for the first time. I'm really pleased with it, and excited about starting a campaign, but there's a little effect…
In Adept Press
Participants: macmoyer, Christopher Kubasik, greyorm, Ron Edwards, rabindranath72, Melinglor.

9/2/2008 Artanis: [Zombie Cinema] Socially robust
Hello There's a point I want to make about Eero Tuovinen's new game Zombie Cinema (a.k.a. Zombeja! Ovella!). It has taken me days of textually shuffling my feet around in…
In Actual Play
Participants: Artanis.

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